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News Scan for Oct 06, 2016

… 2015 Study (GBD 2015), which for the first time listed Ebola as a cause of mortality. The study, published in The …

WHO continues Zika emergency amid virus spread, unanswered questions

… repurposed money, much of it previously earmarked to fight Ebola. Of the money spent as of Aug 26, $110 million has been …
Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News
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News Scan for Nov 15, 2016

… Big Data to track influenza, antibiotic resistance, and Ebola. Researchers also investigate how insurance companies …

News Scan for Oct 04, 2022

… in the fight against COVID-19 and is working on an Ebola countermeasure. "We now look forward to applying our …

China nCoV surge tops 17,000 as more vaccine support announced

… totals in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Ebola outbreak, In its Q and A today, the WHO addressed many …
Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News
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Glitch delays COVID-19 tests for states as first evacuees cleared

… vaccine, similar to the approach it used with its Ebola vaccine, which is now being used in the Democratic …
Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News
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News Scan for Jan 15, 2020

… so far officials know that the student did not contract Ebola, as was speculated on Facebook. The report also said …

News Scan for Sep 18, 2020

… provinces, including 7 from Equateur province, where an Ebola outbreak is under way. The country has now reported 50 …

Trump says FDA on fast track to approve COVID-19 drugs

… use of remdesivir, an antiviral originally used for Ebola treatment that's been studied in Chinese coronavirus …
Stephanie Soucheray | News Reporter | CIDRAP News
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COMMENTARY: What US leaders must do to protect health workers amid COVID-19 supply shortages

… adequate stockpiles after the 2009 H1N1 flu and 2014-16 Ebola crises and maintained dependence on personal protective …
Jesse L. Goodman, MD, MPH, and Nicole Lurie, MD, MSPH
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More than 4,000 US meatpacking workers have COVID-19

… antiviral, remdesivir. The drug was first tested to fight Ebola infections, but some promising results earlier this …
Stephanie Soucheray | News Reporter | CIDRAP News

News Scan for Mar 12, 2019

… is one of two provinces affected by the country's recent Ebola outbreak. Her 4-year-old child had recently died, and …

News Scan for Sep 17, 2019

… cases and accounting for 88% of the deaths. In the Ebola outbreak region, North Kivu and Ituri provinces have …

Experts detail global pandemic readiness gaps, offer steps

… the 2009 H1N1 flu pandemic and the 2014-2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak and commissioning seven review papers, …
Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News
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News Scan for Nov 25, 2019

CDC announces E coli outbreak tied to Salinas, California, romaine lettuce

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said a multistate outbreak of Escherichia coli is connected to romaine lettuce grown in the Salinas, California growing region and is advising people not to eat romaine from that area.

Six nations report more polio cases; Pakistan tops 90

… 22 to Oct 7. The DRC, beset by other outbreaks including Ebola and measles, has now reported 50 cVDPV2 cases for the …
Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News
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Samoa measles deaths rise to 70; DRC outbreak ramps up

… double the number of fatalities in the country's ongoing Ebola outbreak. Vaccination campaigns in 165 of the DRC's 519 …
Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News
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As India cases surge, global COVID-19 total tops 27 million

… with threats such as SARS, MERS, polio, measles, and Ebola. Tedros recognized a recent announcement from German …
Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News
Pandemic in Kolkata, India

African Medicines Agency to begin in November

… helped expedite vaccines for meningitis, malaria, and Ebola. The 14-country SADC is another effort, but some of its …
Lianna Matt McLernon | News Writer | CIDRAP News
A pharmacy in Africa

News Scan for Feb 10, 2022

… that expresses both the Nipah virus glycoprotein and the Ebola virus glycoprotein, which is required for …

US antiterrorism rules restrict vaccine exports

… those mentioned, are the viruses that cause dengue fever, Ebola fever, Marburg fever, Rift Valley fever, and monkeypox. …
Robert Roos
 

CIDRAP to develop vaccine roadmap for future coronavirus threats

… roadmaps for influenza, Zika virus, Nipah virus and Ebola/Marburg viruses. Michael T. Osterholm, PhD, MPH, …
Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News
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Study: Technique adds 'kill switch' to modified flu viruses

… be useful for other highly pathogenic RNA viruses such as Ebola and SARS, the group wrote. Once viruses are altered to …
Lisa Schnirring | Staff Writer | CIDRAP News
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News Scan for May 20, 2015

… other things, leverage the experience gained during the Ebola epidemic and address emerging priorities such as …

White House releases detailed lab biosafety plan

… such as those causing H5N1 avian influenza, smallpox, Ebola, and anthrax have occurred at federal labs in the past …
Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News
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